Chapter 14 – Stupid...
The next morning I had worn a tanktop.. and some bandages. Bandages on my arm, and bandages on the chest portion of my body... It's something too traumatizing to talk about, so I won't reveal it for now. I put some jeans on, and some regular tennis shoes as well. Next thing I know, I grab those glasses Teddie gave me, placed my MP3 Player in my pocket, and walked down stairs after closing my door. Though, I noticed Nanako having some Orange Juice by the sliding doors and TV, so I decided to walk over to her.
"Oh, good morning.." Her eyes trailed over to my bandages, "Did you get hurt..?"
"Huh? O-Oh, no it's nothing." I faked a smile, "These injuries were from a long time ago, so I keep them bandaged because I'm a little embarrassed to have the scars show." Not to mention, I don't have any other clothes... "Where's your dad?"
"He left already, and he said he's going to be late." Yoshi! I don't have to worry about sneaking in so he won't see my bruises or injuries. Though, Nanako's alone...
"You're going somewhere, right?" She read my mind, "I'm always alone, so I'll be fine by myself."
"..I-I'm sorry, Nanako-chan.." I scratched the back of my head, but she just nodded and turned on the TV to the weather channel. Hooray for Sunshine on the weekend!
"I should hang up the laundry because of the sun.." Nanako spoke to herself, then turning back to me. "Weren't you going somewhere, by the way..?"
"O-Oh, right!" I sighed, hesitating. "I'm sorry, Nanako-chan.. I'll be back later!"
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When we headed to Junes, Kana had released herself from the keychain and walked out with me. She was wearing the same dress, but her wings didn't show like before. I wonder if she could hide them like that...
"Yo!" Yosuke had walked up to us, "So this is the girl you were talking about, right?"
Kana blinked, "Who is this, Konagi-sama..?"
"Oh, Yosuke. This is Kana. You see, there was that egg we found back when we fought your Shadow, and she popped up from it after I brought it home with me. Kana, this is Yosuke. He's a friend of mine from a place called school."
"School, I see.." She nodded, "You seem like at trustworthy person... I will not forgive you if you hurt, Konagi-sama!"
"I told you, call me Remi!" I groaned, scratching my head, "By the way.. What's with your hands behind your back?"
"Oh, right!" And I nearly shrieked when I saw what Yosuke held in his hands. Both a Katana and and what seemed like a dagger appeared in my face. "I found these in the closet."
"H-Hanamura!" My eyes were wide open, noticing what he was doing was quite stupid. "A-Are those real?"
He ditched my question. "We have Personas, but.. I don't think a golf club will be your reliable weapon. So, which one strikes your fancy?"
"H-Hanamura..." I groaned, what seemed like a facepalm appeared before me.. This idiot! "We're not supposed to have these out, but.. I guess the katana would be nice.."
"Oooh, you have nice taste." He winked at me, "It's a Junes exclusive."
"Who cares if it's an exclusive? W-We shouldn't be having those out right now!" I wanted to smack him upside the head, but people were watching...
"Don't worry~ The blade's fake." He burst out laughing, which had Kana tilting her head.
"If it is fake, wouldn't it be as useless at what you call.. A 'golf club?'" Kana made an extremely good point. What's the point of having some sort of Katana if it's fake?
"As for me.." He started going on and on about what he would use in battle. The person that was standing behind us seemed terrified, and I would be to! I mean, only Yosuke Hanamura would be stupid enough to do this in the freakin' public!
Kana sat there, listening to what he was saying and analyzing the atmosphere.
"We can slash them like this!" The blades were crossed and looked like they were sending out some sort of magic spell.
"Y-Yosuke!" I screeched. I knew for a fact the blades were fake, but did he have to swing them at me?
"Or like this?" He repeated the same exact gesture, and I was panicking. I hid my face into my hands, and Kana noticed me do this. Within seconds, she kept rubbing my back as some sort of 'I feel sorry for you' note. I could hear numerous "What about this?" or "Hah!"s coming from the high school student. He acted more like a 10 year old yandere with a knife..
"Three suspicious teenagers found. One found with multiple weapons, and I'm now requesting backup." D-Did he just say-
"Yosuke, you dumbass!" I screamed, "You had to do this!"
"C-Crap!" He tried to hide them behind his back, and Kana noticed my expression. She stepped in.
"Please, don't hurt Konagi-sama! She didn't do any harm!" I heard her say.
"This isn't what it looks like! W-We didn't steal them or anything like that!" He failed at coming up with an excuse..
"That doesn't matter right now, Hanamura.." I heard myself mutter, becoming flustered by everything he was saying.
"Put the weapons down, and we'll listen to your story at the station." The policeman told us, focusing more on Yosuke than anyone else. "Hands where I can see them. Immediately!"
"B-But!" Instead of showing just his hands, the weapons came first.
"Are you resisting an officer under law? Y-You're under arrest!" Then again.. The officer was also stupid. He was trying to show him his hands for God's sake! Why does there always have to be some sort of misunderstanding?
..And the next thing we know, all of us (including Kana) were taken to the police station. Eff ML..
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I was chewed out by, -guess who?-, Uncle Dojima. I kept my head down, bowing and not saying a word while Kana repeated the same motion that I did. Yosuke flinched by every word that Dojima was shouting.
"You're lucky I was around, or else this would have been on your personal record.."
"I-I'm sorry, U-Uncle Dojima.." I heard myself whisper. I couldn't stand being scolded, though I was only scolded as a younger kid. Just being scolded now.. It kinda hurt.
Kana lifted her head up, standing back up as she watched two policemen walk by.
"Wait, so the one that disappeared was the Amagi girl?" One of them asked out loud.
"By evidence, it seems so," The other one spoke out, "Though, you know she's a high schooler. Maybe she just ran away?"
By then, my eyes widened and I faced Yosuke, who was also facing me. I'm pretty sure we had the same thoughts running through our head.
"Did he say Amagi..? T-Then she really is.."
Oh god. Oh god, oh god, oh god! This couldn't be happening!
"Hm? Who, what, where?" Uncle Dojima was looking directly at Yosuke now.
Yosuke then coughed, "Nothing."
"I'm sure you've heard on the news about the murders. We're sensitive and everything about all this.. You're free to go, but you better not let this happen again."
I felt myself flinch again, and I'm pretty sure the two were watching me. Though, when Dojima walked off, Yosuke and I began to walk out of where the office was at. I swear, my heart was beating fast from all this..
And all of a sudden this guy almost bumps into us! He had short black hair, with a uniform and tie. He was also holding a cup of coffee; Not to mention, he seemed kinda innocent and kind-hearted compared to all the policemen who were just glaring around..
"P-Pardon me!" And then he fixated his eyes onto me. "You're that kid staying at Dojima-san's place, aren't ya?"
I swear, my Uncle was telling everyone and their mother about me. "O-Oh, uh yeah.. My name's Remi."
"C-Can we.. Ask you something?" Yosuke questioned, leaving me in a puzzled look. Adachi then shrugged, "About Yukiko-sa-I mean, Yukiko Amagi of the Amagi Inn? Did something happen to her?"
"Am I allowed to say..?" He murmured something along those lines before looking to both of us. "Well, if you're friends with Ms. Amagi, keep this between you guys."
"That's a promise." I spoke, being very blunt and serious about what was coming up next.
"We got a call from her parents last night. They said they couldn't find her anywhere; It was in the evening, and due to it being the weekend, the workers at the Inn were so busy that they didn't pay attention." He paused before continuing, "O-Oh! But this doesn't mean this is a case just yet. However.. People have been turning up dead on Foggy nights, so everyone's really sensitive and jumpy about this. Oh, by the way.. Did she ever say something about going through some hard times with you all?"
I pondered a bit, looking back at my conversations with Yukiko. She was a nice chick, after all, and she always seemed like she was busy. However, I don't think she would've gone that far...
"By hard times you mean..?" Yosuke was officially confused.
"The announcer, Ms. Yamano, was staying over at the Inn before the first murder ever occurred. According to others, Ms. Yamano had some harsh words towards all the workers, and the attitude about the manager. The stress made him faint, and with Ms. Amagi being his daughter.. She might have felt something from that, y'know?"
Well, now this was officially getting interesting. Stressful words? Yukiko-san going missing? And even then, I wonder how the guy knew about all this. Then again, he was a police officer, so I couldn't really judge him for knowing all of this information. I'm actually glad he hinted us this.
"Did Ms. Amagi ever hint that she wanted to leave the house by the way..?" Adachi's question snapped me out of my thinking. "If not, there's been rumors that she's been in hiding too..." His eyes widened, "Crap, I think I went too far. W-Well, don't tell anyone okay?"
"Of course not, sir." I bowed, "This helps so much, th-"
"Adachi, quit your chatting! Where's my coffee?" Uncle Dojima's voice boomed through the hallway, which made me jump and shiver some more. Kana stayed silent, spaced out like some sort of robot analyzing information.
"Sorry! I-I have it right here!" He lowered his head, walking away from us as quick as possible.
"..This isn't good." Kana warned, "All this information was being sorted out in my head, but it doesn't sound like a normal case."
"..Let's go find Chie, then. This doesn't seem like it'll end well!" I cried out, dashing forward along with Yosuke and Kana right behind me.
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"There you all are!" Chie's voice could be heard from the other side of the room, which caused Yosuke to shut his mouth and have Kana and I walk over to her. "What are you guys doing? I've been looking everywhere for you!"
"Hanamura-san... Got us into a pinch. Konagi-sama will tell you later." Kana told her before I could say anything. I had to groan because of the '-sama' suffix again!
"Just call me Remi!" I cried out. "Chie, don't mind her. This is Kana.. A friend of mine. She knows about the whole situation."
"Huh..?" Chie tilted her head.
"That's not the point right now. Something's up with Yukiko-san!" Yosuke finally took the initiative. I wasn't expecting a guy like him to do something like that~
"You know already?" Oh. Chie knew? Didn't see that coming. "She didn't pick up through her cell, and I kept calling it! Being as worried as I was, I went to her house. She really did.."
"Shit.." I swore under my breath. "We have no choice. We all have to go into the Midnight Channel now!"
"They took all our weapons, though.." Yosuke pointed out. "And the cops are saying that she's trying to 'lay low' or something along those lines."
"The Manager collapsed because Ms. Yamano complained a lot." Kana began to explain what we had just gathered. "They think that's her motive, and then the lady dying right after makes Amagi-san much more suspicious."
"What? They think Yukiko did it? What kind of police did they hire?" Chie freaked. Like really freaked.. I've never seen this side of her at all!
"Don't snap at Kana!" I warned her, "Yukiko's the victim, not the suspect.." I gave a huge sigh, "Alright, everyone. Let's get our mind back in focus.. Our priority right now is saving Amagi-san."
"..Right! That's important!" Chie fist pumped the air.
"We have to handle it ourselves, though. I mean, just look at the police.." Yosuke grit his teeth.
"I'm coming with!" Chie announced, "It's not fair if that new girl Kana gets to go! And besides, Yukiko's my friend! I won't allow it to slip by!"
"But, will you be alright..?" Yosuke looked concerned. "We can't go in empty handed, since they just confiscated the weapons we had."
"I don't have anything I can use with me at the moment. I left that Golf Club with you." I reminded him, looking to Kana. "What about you Kana?"
"I can only use my nails." She held them out; Those were some pretty sharp nails, and painted red too.. "It's best if we well equip ourselves."
"Oh! I know just the place for weapons." Chie grinned, "Just follow me!"
..I don't even wanna know how she knew where to get weapons, but I guess I can trust her. It is Chie after all.
Another Chapter Update! I'm happy I was actually able to finally get to working on these. I'm hoping to update my Touhou Story by Christmas, too. Thank you for staying with me to those who are waiting for updates!
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